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Carl E. REITER

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John Dilworth

REITER, Carl E. Born 1926 Maumee, Ohio, Worked from 1960, Arizona USA. Self-taught violin maker. Established a shop in Phoenix, Arizona 1977, which he transferred to Tempe, Arizona 1983, working there in association with Scott Drane. About 120 instruments made. Stradivari and, since 1970, personal model, using local materials. Branded below button and internally: ‘Carl E. Reiter’. [Wenberg]

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